Isn't plvling just like boting?

[tedtwilliger]

The outcome when comparing botting and powerleveling (PWL) is the same for the one being PWL'd.

Minimum effort, maximum gain over time. Probably the biggest reason why botting is becoming more rife.

PWL is legal within the rules of the game. At least now, JM probably did something right, and offered a legal alternative to botting. The more players do it, the less players will resort to bots. Less money spent on bots. Less business for bot developers. Less income to them.

/crosses fingers

Clever, it was all a subtle ploy to ease the botting situation...

Here my 2 cents.

If someone wants to power level someone, then there is nothing wrong with that. I have been power leveled a fair bit by my guild mates and union mates. I never ask them to power level me, they have always offered to do it, because they were either bored or just wanted a break from normal leveling. I sit there on my horse, chatting away, and they kill a few things and chat back. As long as they don't mind doing it, then i fail to see the problem with it.

Now botting is a completely different issue. Sure the result is the same, but botting will require a 3rd party program to achieve it. Botting is clearly against the TOS of Joymax, thus making it illegal as far as this game is concerned.

Now to relate the two issues is pointless and unjustified. Like a post a few post above said, you can't compare walking and flying, even if they do achieve the same result. Since they are two different things with different outcomes and affects calling them the same thing is ridiculous. Same rule applies to botting and power leveling.

Now lets bring up another issue, people botting whilst power leveling. Now this is botting, clearly enough. This is an illegal act on part of the powerlevlee for breaking the TOS. Though its better than botting. By this i will explain to you a simple situation. Player 1 is lvl 40. He is really sick of being a low level and being ks'd and is considering botting. Player 2 is lvl 70 and already bots and is good mates with Player 1. To help Player 1 level, Player 2 decided to power level him with his bot to lvl 60. By doing so, it has kept Player 1 legit, and allowed him to not resort to botting in his gaming career. Now, although this act does require 1 bot, in the end it saves a player from becoming a bot, which is a positive thing in thine. eyes.

[darkmaster21]

Powerleveling: MEANT to be in the game, helps others, you can gain a profit plvling ppl, IS NOT ILLEGAL.

Botting: Not meant to be in the game, illegal, does not help others nor the server.

[kloudzen]

as long plevel is done by another hand grinder its totally ok.

now i'm not saying pleveling is wrong or against the rules blah blah

BUT

your statement has a loophole in that just because you hand grind while being pleveled seems like a reasonable justification that it's acceptable...it really makes NO difference at all to being AFK...
think about it...you're probably much lower level than the mobs your hunting to make little if ANY impact in speeding the process. you might do what? 10 damage? 50 damage? maybe 100 damage...but the party mobs get 1 hit by whoever is pleveling you anyways...whats the point?

[Firemouse]

as long plevel is done by another hand grinder its totally ok.

now i'm not saying pleveling is wrong or against the rules blah blah

BUT

your statement has a loophole in that just because you hand grind while being pleveled seems like a reasonable justification that it's acceptable...it really makes NO difference at all to being AFK...
think about it...you're probably much lower level than the mobs your hunting to make little if ANY impact in speeding the process. you might do what? 10 damage? 50 damage? maybe 100 damage...but the party mobs get 1 hit by whoever is pleveling you anyways...whats the point?

I sit on my horse.

By the way, powerleveling is on most if not all MMORPG's..just because silkroad has it, it's like bots vs plvli'ng go! Not sure why, either way people can argue from both sides for days and days, in the end, it's just play the game how you want to.

[shoto]

mods if this is the same person under a different name that made the same topic like a week ago, they should be punished severely. seriosuly stop making this topic

[arctic197]

Oh God not again

Botting - you got high level without doing anything
Getting powerleveled - you got high level without doing anything

lol

That's actually not a very good example lol.

And you're right. But it is fact that some people here in SRF just can't accept

[NOOB_THIEF]

OMG isnt there was a topic that went for 10 pages about this and now we are doing same thing all over again?

[Sacchin]

The outcome when comparing botting and powerleveling (PWL) is the same for the one being PWL'd.

Minimum effort, maximum gain over time. Probably the biggest reason why botting is becoming more rife.

PWL is legal within the rules of the game. At least now, JM probably did something right, and offered a legal alternative to botting. The more players do it, the less players will resort to bots. Less money spent on bots. Less business for bot developers. Less income to them.

/crosses fingers

Thats a good point you brought up, never thought of it that way \o/

Also, bots ks, p lvlers(unless they are asses) wont.

[MortaLRecoN]

This is pretty stupid in my opinion.

'A bot: a program that runs on the computer 24 hours a day, seven days a week, that performs and automates mundane tasks.'

If you handgrind to power level them, then what's the problem, power leveling isn't botting because the person being power leveled isn't doing anything illegal, they are simply using a feature implemented in the game.

[loopy Dragon]

who cares at this point really...

Its peoples opion and its not going to change

I think we saw that the 100th time this subject was posted

[CareBear]

bots are illegal for a reason

THEY TAKE UP ALL THE SLOTS, and DON'T PLAY NICE WHEN GRINDING

plevel is a flaw in the game, but one that is legal, doesn't affect grinding, and doesn't use any more slots than if there was no pleveling

seriously what's the diff between a lvl 80 and a lvl 80? NOTHING!!1! botted lvl 80's don't bother me, 100 gold farming **** everywhere I grind do